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The Nobel Prize in physics goes to Geoffrey Hinton for his work in computer science. What? (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Repeating a comment I made in another forum here...

The Nobel organization is basically all about PR, and while as the nominating body they’re nominally independent, the Royal Academy of Science knows on which side their bread is buttered. Having a prize adjacent to AI in the year of our LLM 2024 is a no-brainer.

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 17 points 2 months ago

Having a prize adjacent to AI in the year of our LLM 2024 is a no-brainer.

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